Compass

//ˈkʌmpəs//

Synonyms for "compass" (447 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (90)

accomplish circumnavigate encircle magnetic compass scope accept achieve acquire aesthetic distance alentours ambience ambit amount annex area attain beleaguer beset besiege blockade

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Noun(2 words)

scope ambit

Verb(7 words)

accomplish achieve apprehend attain circumnavigate comprehend conspire

Strong matches (134)

Verb(9 words)

cover dig encircle environ gain get the picture get to grasp grok

crown with success curve cut cutoff cutoff point cycle deadline deal with deep space degree delimitation depths of space describe a circle determinant dial diapason dig dimension dipstick direction finder

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discharge dispatch dispose of distance divergence dividers division line do do the job do the trick dodecuple scale domain edges effect effectuate embay embosom embrace enact enclasp enclose enclosure encompass end enfold enharmonic scale enshrine entourage envelop environ environing circumstances environment environs enwrap equipment execute expanse extension extent extremity farness feeler gauge fence in fetch field finish flank floor foot rule freedom fringes frontier fulfill gain gamut gaol gauge gauge block gestalt get get away with get by get picture gird girdle girdle the globe go about go around go around in circles go round go the round goniometer grade gradiometer graduated scale grasp great scale ground gyre gyrocompass gyroscopic compass gyrosin compass gyrostatic compass habitat have hedge hedge in height hem hem in high water mark high-water mark horizon house house in impound imprison incarcerate include inertial navigation system infinity instrument interface interval

Noun(1 words)

grasp

Related words (223)

invest involve jail johansson block jurisdiction kennel knock off land lap leaguer leap leeway length level light year light-years limen limit limitation limitations

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limiting factor limits line line of demarcation log log line loop loran low-water mark lower limit magnetic needle major scale make make a circuit make out manage march marches margin mark measure melodic minor mete meterstick metes metes and bounds mew mew up micrometer mileage milieu minor scale needle neighborhood notch nuance obtain octant octave scale orbit outline outlines outpost outposts outskirts pair of compasses pale panorama parameter parameters parsecs pas peg pen pen in pentatonic scale perform perimeter period periphery perspective pick up piece pitch plane plateau plumb plumb rule pocket point polish off precinct precincts procure produce proportion protractor pull off purlieu purlieus purview put across put away put over put through quadrant quarantine radio compass radio direction finder radius rail in range ratio rdf reach realize realm regain register remoteness remove restriction revolve ring rod round rule ruler rung scale sector secure see separation set square sextant shade shadow shoran shrine shut in shut up situation skirt skirts space span spectrum sphere spiral spirit level spread square stable stair standard start starting line starting point step stint stretch stride suburbs succeed surround surroundings sweep t square take take care of take in tape tape measure tapeline target date temperament term terminal date terminus theodolite threshold time allotment total environment transit transit theodolite tread try square tuning turn the trick twig understand upper limit verge verges vernier vernier caliper vicinage vicinity wall in way ways wheel whole-tone scale width win work work out wrap yard yard up yardstick

Noun(5 words)

magnetic compass orbit pair of compasses range reach

Verb(6 words)

plot reach savvy scheme surround traverse

Related word relations

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12 relation types

More general

12 entries

accomplish achieve attain capability capableness circle drafting instrument extent navigational instrument potentiality reach understand

More specific

1 entries

beam compass

Synonyms

9 entries

accomplish circumnavigate conspire cover encircle get picture magnetic compass pair of compasses scope

at location

2 entries

backpack cabinet

capable of

1 entries

point north

derived

53 entries

Brunton compass Chinese compass Square and Compass accompass all points of the compass astrocompass beam compass biocompass bow compass box the compass cabin compass color compass compass card compass deflection compass dial compass error

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derived from

1 entries

pair of compasses

has context

1 entries

music

is a

6 entries

capability drafting instrument ibo mechanical device navigation device navigational instrument

manner of

1 entries

achieve

related to

19 entries

accomplish achieve area boundary cardinal direction circumference encircle environ magnetic north obtain pair of compasses plot reach scheme scope stretch

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used for

1 entries

navigation

Translations

233 translations across 112 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

kompas noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Albanian

2 entries

busull noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
kompas noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Arabic

2 entries

بوصلة noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
بُوصُّلَة noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Armenian

2 entries

բևեռացույց noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
կողմնացույց noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Assamese

1 entries

কম্পাছ noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Asturian

1 entries

brúxula noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

kompas noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
qiblənamə noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
qiblənüma noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Bashkir

1 entries

ҡыблама noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Basque

1 entries

iparrorratz noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Belarusian

1 entries

ко́мпас noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Bengali

1 entries

কম্পাস noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Breton

1 entries

nadoz-vor noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Bulgarian

4 entries

компа́с noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
о́бласт noun (area)
обхва́т noun (range of notes of a musical instrument or voice)
обхва́т noun (area)

Burmese

2 entries

ကွန်ပါ noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
အိမ်မြှောင် noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Catalan

3 entries

brúixola noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
àmbit noun (area)
àrea noun (area)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

قبلەنامە noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
پیشاندار noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

指南針 /指南针 noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

南針 /南针 noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
指北針 /指北针 noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
指南 noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
指南針 /指南针 noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries

pusla noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
qıblenüma noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Czech

4 entries

buzola noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
kompas noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
oblast noun (area)
rozsah noun (range of notes of a musical instrument or voice)

Danish

1 entries

kompas noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Dari

1 entries

قُطْبنَمَا noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Dhivehi

1 entries

ސަމުގާ noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Dutch

4 entries

bereik noun (area)
kompas noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
omvang noun (area)
bereiken verb (accomplish)

Esperanto

1 entries

kompaso noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Estonian

1 entries

kompass noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Faroese

1 entries

kumpass noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Finnish

4 entries

ala noun (area)
ala noun (scope)
alue noun (area)
alue noun (scope)

French

4 entries

ambitus noun (range of notes of a musical instrument or voice)
boussole noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
portée noun (area)
étendue noun (area)

Friulian

1 entries

bùssule noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Galician

4 entries

buxola noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
búsula noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
compás noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
encalzo noun (area)

Georgian

2 entries

კომპასი noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
საზღვაო კომპასი noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

German

4 entries

Kompass noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
Seekompass noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
Umfang noun (area)
Umkreis noun (area)

Greek

3 entries

διαπασών noun (range of notes of a musical instrument or voice)
πυξίδα noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
φάσμα noun (area)

Gujarati

1 entries

હોકાયંત્ર noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Hausa

1 entries

kamfas noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Hawaiian

2 entries

pānānā noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
ʻūpā noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Hebrew

1 entries

מַצְפֵּן noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Hindi

3 entries

कंपास noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
क़ुतुबनुमा noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
दिक्सूचक noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Hungarian

4 entries

hangterjedelem noun (range of notes of a musical instrument or voice)
iránytű noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
kiterjedés noun (area)
kör noun (scope)

Icelandic

2 entries

kompás noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
áttaviti noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Ido

1 entries

busolo noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Igbo

1 entries

kompas noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Indonesian

2 entries

kompas noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
padom noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Ingrian

1 entries

kumpassi noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Interlingua

1 entries

bussola noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

قُطْبنَما noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
قِبْلِهنَما noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Irish

1 entries

compás noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Italian

1 entries

bussola noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Japanese

4 entries

コンパス noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
方位磁石 noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
方位磁針 noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
羅針盤 noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Kannada

1 entries

ದಿಕ್ಸೂಚಿ noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries

къыбылама noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Karakalpak

1 entries

qublanama noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Kazakh

2 entries

компас noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
құбылнама noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Khmer

1 entries

ត្រីវិស័យ noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Korean

2 entries

나침반 noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
라침반 noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Kumyk

1 entries

къыблама noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

компас noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
кыбыланама noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Lao

3 entries

ເຂັມ noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
ເຂັມຊີ້ທິດ noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
ເຂັມທິດ noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Latin

1 entries

pyxis noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Latvian

1 entries

kompass noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Lithuanian

1 entries

kompasas noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Macedonian

1 entries

компас noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Malay

2 entries

kompas noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
pedoman noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Malayalam

1 entries

വടക്കുനോക്കിയന്ത്രം noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Marathi

1 entries

होकायंत्र noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Middle English

4 entries

compas noun (area)
compas noun (scope)
compassen verb (surround)
compassen verb (go about or round entirely)

Mirandese

1 entries

bússola noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Mongolian

1 entries

луужин noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Māori

1 entries

kāpehu noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Nepali

1 entries

कम्पास noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

qîblename noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

kompass noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Occitan

1 entries

bossòla noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Odia

1 entries

ଦିଗନିର୍ଣ୍ଣୟକ ଯନ୍ତ୍ର noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Ojibwe

1 entries

akiinoo'igan noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

قبلهنامه noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
پوصوله noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
پرگارلامق verb (surround)

Pashto

1 entries

قطب نما noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Polish

1 entries

kompas noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Portuguese

4 entries

alcance noun (area)
bússola noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
limite noun (scope)
área noun (area)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਕੰਪਾਸ noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Romanian

3 entries

busolă noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
compas noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
diapazon noun (range of notes of a musical instrument or voice)

Romansch

1 entries

cumpassiun noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Russian

4 entries

буссо́ль noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
диапазо́н noun (range of notes of a musical instrument or voice)
ко́мпас noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
компа́с noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

cairt-iùil noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
combaist noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

kòmpas noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
ко̀мпас noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Sicilian

1 entries

bùssula noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Sikkimese

1 entries

སྐོར་ཐིག noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Sinhalese

1 entries

මාලිමාව noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Slovak

1 entries

kompas noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Slovene

1 entries

kompas noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

South Azerbaijani

1 entries

قبله نما noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Spanish

4 entries

aguja de bitácora noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
aguja de marear noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
alcance noun (area)
brújula noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Swahili

1 entries

dira noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Swedish

1 entries

kompass noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Tagalog

2 entries

bruhula noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
turubalani noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Tajik

2 entries

компас noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
қутбнамо noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Tamil

1 entries

திசைகாட்டி noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Tatar

2 entries

компас noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
кыйбланамә noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Telugu

1 entries

దిక్సూచి noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Thai

3 entries

ขอบเขต noun (area)
ความเข้าใจ noun (scope)
เข็มทิศ noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Turkish

4 entries

diyapazon noun (range of notes of a musical instrument or voice)
pusula noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
tınlaç noun (range of notes of a musical instrument or voice)
pergellemek verb (surround)

Turkmen

2 entries

kompas noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
kyblanama noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Ukrainian

2 entries

бусо́ля noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
ко́мпас noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Urdu

2 entries

قُطْب نُما noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
کَمْپاس noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Uyghur

2 entries

قىبلىنامە noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
كومپاس noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Uzbek

2 entries

kompas noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
qiblanamo noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Vietnamese

1 entries

la bàn noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Volapük

3 entries

kompad noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
kopad noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
melakompad noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Welsh

3 entries

cwmpas noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
cwmpasau noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)
cwmpawd noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

West-Frisian

1 entries

kompas noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Yiddish

1 entries

קאָמפּאַס noun (instrument to determine cardinal directions)

Sample sentences

44 total sentences available.

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Hikers need to carry a compass with them to find their way through the woods.

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Charles Walcot investigated the magnetic compass bearing sense in pigeons.

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But the compass isn't in the head of the bee, it's in the body.

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But where is this compass?

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